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Amer Sports’ Altenmarkt site in Austria has achieved certification for its environmental management system (EMS) in accordance with ISO 14001. Amer Sports is a Finnish sporting equipment company, with its Altenmarkt site implementing standard procedures such as safety protocols and environmental guidelines. Additionally, Amer Sports fostered sustainability awareness through training and education.
Charity WaterAid and the Wimbledon Foundation recently took over a tennis court at The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to create a giant mosaic, highlighting a powerful message: more than 1,000 children’s lives could saved each day of The Championships if they had access to safe water, toilets and hygiene.
Formula One’s partnership with technology company Lenovo has aided its sustainability efforts. Having previously moved the equivalent of two data centres around the world for each race to support jobs such as timing races through to delivering live footage to 180 territories, F1 has rethought the way it utilises technology. This includes recycling old computers, using more sustainable hardware, and working to ensure that 40 truckloads of servers don’t need to be shipped from circuit to circuit.
Environmental organisation 11th Hour Racing has renewed its collaboration with the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) and July’s Infosys Hall of Fame Open, remaining as the official sustainability sponsor. The sponsorship will focus on sustainability throughout the ITHF organisation for the fifth consecutive year.
Golf-related programmes are set to benefit from The R&A Foundation’s support thanks to donations generated by a global philanthropy programme. Donors have pledged more than £6.3m, with £2m having been realised so far. The funding helps to provide more opportunities for communities to benefit from golf across five broad themes: accessibility, sustainability, health, heritage and talent.
Leicester Nirvana, a grassroots football club in the UK looking to embed sustainability across its activities with the help of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has seen one of its representatives visit the United Nations headquarters in New York. Leicester Nirvana’s SDG climate champion Ivan Liburd embarked on a private tour to celebrate the club’s efforts in sustainability.
Sticking with the SDGs, the 2024 Sustainable Development report has been published, which reviews the progress made each year on the SDGs since their adoption in 2015. The 2024 edition placed a focus on the UN Summit of the Future, and on the SDGs under review session at this year’s High-Level Political Forum.
The Sports Environment Alliance has announced that its Chief Executive Jan Fitzgerald is set to leave at the end of September. Fitzgerald is leaving to spend more time with her family and with those that are close to her. In her two years as CEO, Fitzgerald has consolidated, connected, challenged and brought together people, businesses, finances and events.
Tennis player Ben Shelton recently visited the Barons Court Project, which is located near the Queen’s Club, to deliver a donation of surplus food. The Lawn Tennis Association is working with the City Harvest food charity to redistribute leftover food from the Cinch Championships, which are currently taking place.
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